The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-06

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aAzy seem queer bushes 20 you, hs u
gan, but its very simple Rack 10 l56.5 I
was e TEoTnpsoulau dDcCoT Z Indiana 6u- l
frequently IN ny practice, male lItcIz crtDs
In science that we're rrif7 ontside O Tia
hook ] lost four OF five patients Ia=O5z.
but that's no more than the regulars dc when
they r. investigacin', an | got fzr-s IA return
that paid lie ten :5r5-s over -&onE ot1zr
things ! found cut that its Just as easy u
make woman weigh 80 pounds q Il is u
pull her up % 20. At that time fat women
Of any size was unknown Wasn't 2 woman
in the business could 90 over 40 without lead
ia her petticoats. But now, just look AZ
that, said be proudly, as ne pattsd the KID
enyelOped ham which Ethel called her foot
Shes only go just now, but wait till I'm
done with her and you won't know her VIII
they, EthelF said he With some enthusiasm
Ethel exprsssed her confidence by a COY,
girlisa smile which measured half a foot OF
less
aBut-a-w what is the processE7
"As far as the physiological side goes It's
my own secret, said Keever. AN I could get
a heap o money for it if I'd sell Provided
you've got first class subject % work with,
all you want Is 70 take care Of the surround
in conditions an give her my tonic. I lit
on little combination Of two vegetable ex-
tracts that had wonderful effect IN stimu-
Iating the liver. Not only that, but il
strengthened the nerve o. the digestive system
and ebuOrmal!y developed the viii ami the
receptacuium chyli, which secretes all the HJI-
tritious part Of the food, paTtickerly the oleic
ami sbearic acids, which makes all the fat.
soon as I got hold . It I 81 fortune ahead
o me, an 7 didn't see wrong ~ graduate
j. with from 80 - 800 week, an / get q
steady royalty On every one Of th-m, becsu-I
they amt no failure You needn't think
that every woman can be q star in this bust
ness any more than iu any other. Fat women
Is like poets. They're bonn not made. and
Mr Kesver chuckled IN q i9w. -br-"J sort Of
way.
aHow do You treat them in addition to tie
tOnicF
Well, the fuSt necessity IL a sluggish circu-
iation. There must be u0thin' around them 20
excite. The fust thing looked out for after
made up nay mind WY proper locality, and
after some travelin 7 picked out little val
ley in Pennsylvania and bought quarter
section. II was jet the place. 10 railroads,
no whistles, no telegraphs, no uothin'. There
was plenty o COWS an clover, an sunTses an
sunsets. The birds an the bees made all the
noise, an the vines climb up the veranda in
a slow sort of way that was very soothin'. /
begun with one girl, with her parents con
sent, though had TO take them, too, am they
got fat without any pay, but ] succeeded with
her wonderful. Then ! branched out an adj
veTtised, an Eve bad my hands and the house
full ever since
"Do you undertake to develop any sub
jectp
Not by no means. Subjects, that Is the
best kind o. subjects is hard 10 find. 1 like
70 get EN- when they're children if can.
They must be healthy and not nervous
Your sleepy kind Of girl IS the best kind 70
work with. The lazer she Is the better She
don't want TO have any curiosity about any
thing. Curiosity is what keeps most womb
thin. Then she's got to be sentimental in her
disposition. Sentiment * great developer.
Then again she must be good natursd and
laugh easy. Laugh and grow fat means a
great deal more in my business than it does
on the cover of a comic almanac. Why,
had 70 discharge one of the best men / ever
had on that account
How was that|
"His name was Charles and ne came from
Portsmouth, n. II. l hired him first as a
farm laborer, but he 50 speedy that l
put him into the escort department That's
five or six men / have TO take the subjects t.
walk around the garden. i won't have no
body in my employ, you know, who amt
smler. They must have a natural smile, and
help make the place cheerful The trouble
with Charlie was he couldn't smile. The
corners Of his mouth drawed down naturally
heredity done it, / spose, an be couldn't
smile. 1 spoke to him about it, an he done
his best, but when he'd figgered out what he
thought was a pretty good smile, he came an
jhowed it 70 me- an 1 really felt sorry FOR
him II was awful 'TwOuId have stopped a
Waterbury clock SO told him 10 let II go
an try an talk pleasant To 'en, but twas no
use Fat women is the most sympathetic
things in the world They seen Charlie goin'
around like a Westminster county Hamlet, an
they begun to worry an wonder about his
unhappineSs, which was dead agin rules. So
l told him that Fairbanks and him couldn't
agree and we had to part company. Twas a
pity, though. He know'd his business TO q
dot"
''Do you give your subjects any book edu-
cationF'
II give em what education they need.
They all read, of course, but l have TO be
very particler to what they read. Love,
as / was tellin you, is a great help, provided
it's kept within imaginary limits. don't let
EN- read anything sensational, because that
would make EN- nervous an quicken the cir
culation Harry James is my best holt.
Henry James, to me, is the boss Of them all.
Why, if you could see me plant one
OF my pets out on the porch in the
sunshine shadder, with one of James
books in her lap, it would do you
minutes; then her eyelidsH slip down, the
book'n settle down in her lap and she'll sleep
like baby for an hour. Then she'll come 10
herself, read few pages more an quietly
slip of again inter dreams. ! tell you, sir,
when I've looked at a row of 'em, all peace /
full, all happy, all sleepin quietly through a
hot afternoon, I've wished / could meet Mr.. /
James an tell him what biessin he is 10 his .
time"
II should think they would want to get .
married"
"No. I educate EN- out of that. tell 'em .
that ambition is a bigger thing than matri-
mony, and after they pass the 400 line an be
gin to take a pride in their business they never
think OF marryin'. There's exceptions, though.
raised a girl from Connecticut-Alice was
her name-and was proud of her. She was a
regular delight TO me. Had a perfect genius
for the business. She came to me in May,
50, rated at $50. and when l put her
in one of my shows in September, ~, she was
6lO and still q risin. Well, she Travelled for
few months till she struck Memphis, Tenn, I
and what did she do but fall fiat III love with
the skeleton gentleman from Ohio. He was
a splendid skeleton. Best I ever SOW. Looked
like lot of slate pencils tied together with
thread ] left em together there and came
up TO the farm for couple o months. The
minute got back 60 Memphis knowed some
thin was wrong He was afraid to look
me in the face, and l knew in minute he'd
been cuttin' up some monkey shines.
clapped him on the scales and was staggered.